Joint meeting of the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

Geneva, Switzerland, from 15 to 16 November 2018

Highlights: The bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions finalized the organization of work of the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions taking place from 29 April to 10 May 2019 in Geneva. The bureaux also discussed other organizational matters related to these back-to-back meetings.

Working Language: The working language of the meeting will be English.

Participants: By decisions BC-11/25 and SC-6/29, the conferences of the Parties to the Basel and Stockholm conventions decided that five members of their bureaux may participate in the joint meetings of the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, having due regard to the principle of equitable geographical representation of the five regions of the United Nations.

Meeting documents

Report of the joint meeting of the bureaux of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

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English

Items: 6

Provisional agenda

Information on elections of officers and subsidiary body members to take place during the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in 2019

Revised draft tentative schedule of work of the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in 2019

Guidelines on preventing and addressing all forms of harassment at meetings of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

List of participants

Report of the joint meeting of the bureaux of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

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English

Items: 4

Report of the meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal - Geneva, Switzerland, 19-20 June 2018

Report of the meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade - Geneva, Switzerland, 26-27 June 2018

Report of the meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants - Geneva, Switzerland, 3-4 July 2018

Report by the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions on cooperative activities with the secretariat of the Minamata Convention in areas of mutual interest